belzrebuth
Well-known member
I've got a G3 that was given to me sometime ago and never got around messing with it.
The previous owner reported that it has a power supply of sorts.
I tried to power it on today and no green light comes up and I see no CRT activity other than some arcing sounds near the power plug.
I have removed the plastic covers but the motherboard and the analog board are still attached so I can hopefully understand what's going on.
The internal PRAM battery is missing.
From what I've seen there is no visible damage on the analog board but I could be wrong since I haven't completely dissasembled the unit.
Any ideas on what might going wrong.
The computer seemingly powers up for a while arcs for 20 seconds or so and then maybe shuts off because if I press the power on button after a minute or so I get the same behavior all over again.
It could be a short somewhere so could it be something powering off the computer to protect it from further damage? I really don't know.
Any suggestion would be welcome.
The previous owner reported that it has a power supply of sorts.
I tried to power it on today and no green light comes up and I see no CRT activity other than some arcing sounds near the power plug.
I have removed the plastic covers but the motherboard and the analog board are still attached so I can hopefully understand what's going on.
The internal PRAM battery is missing.
From what I've seen there is no visible damage on the analog board but I could be wrong since I haven't completely dissasembled the unit.
Any ideas on what might going wrong.
The computer seemingly powers up for a while arcs for 20 seconds or so and then maybe shuts off because if I press the power on button after a minute or so I get the same behavior all over again.
It could be a short somewhere so could it be something powering off the computer to protect it from further damage? I really don't know.
Any suggestion would be welcome.